It is a continuum. Your light switches are close to the Alexa side of it alas. Yes, we should. But alas, the incentives run the exact reverse today. Today t

It is a continuum. Your light switches are close to the Alexa side of it alas. Yes, we should. But alas, the incentives run the exact reverse today. Today they get to monitor your usage of the lights, resell the data, etc. You are part of the product. OTOH: If I look at this as a vendor, where else where the light switch go for updates? I'd be VERY hesitant to direct wire any IOT device into my house, if I wasn't comfortable ripping it out in 6mo, when the company decides to desupport it and kill the app. For me this is a the exact opposite problem: I won't adopt until I know that these issues are ironed out, or I accept that the device is 100% disposable. There's cases where I can't avoid it, TVs, Cars, etc. It is pushed on me, like it or not. For those, I truly do want safe mode, so I can pick how it networks. To me this generation is lost. I accept that. It is sad. I want to win the NEXT one, or the one after. And only by making the life cycle EXPLICIT will we do that. When a customer goes into Home Depot and says "My lightswitch stopped working in 2 years, you got something that will live longer this time?" The problem is self solving.